Saturday, December 08, 2007

PRESENTATION FORMAT FOR FINAL REVIEW

Dec 9, 2007

Dear All:

This is in response to the question about PP in your final review. We have a little more time than we had at midterm review because the review will take the whole day. That does not mean that we have too much time. Each of you should figure that you have about +/- 15 minutes (rehearse your verbal presentation). Half of it should be dedicated to the new work since the midterm. That is your Program and Site as well as any “original drawings and /or analytical diagrams” related to your project done the entire semester. These should be on the wall in the room.

The new work done since the midterm should be 50% of your presentation. That means that the bulk of the discussion should be about your definition of the degree project which you will be doing next semester. Your presentation should trigger such a discussion and be helpful to your ability to focus and define your goals for the degree project. This is the point of Marc’s dissertation entry to the blog.

On the other hand the other 50% of your presentation should give the sources of your particular ideas about architectural experience (synaestesia) and strategies (preformative techniques= method) of architectural design as informed by the whole semester research into art installations and film preformative techniques.

So, the (1)PP presentation(the early precedent research)the first (2) 2 min film you did and your (3) 2 min site film) sould take about 6 o 8 minutes. The other 8 minutes should be dedicated to presenting your project, program and site and end with questions you might have.

Allow me to say the same thing again, repeating the dissertation definition in other words: each degree project student must organize their work in such a way that it combines (1)the general theoretical frame of the studio (you know it), as delivered through the particular readings and lectures given by the studio faculty, (2) with your own research and (art installation and film techniques) and your (3) selection of a program and site.
It is your task to weave these three lines of thought into an architectural design that represents these theoretical and methodological strategies.

3 comments:

Mike Toste said...

Should the book play a large part in our presentation, or should it be mainly focussed on the powerpoint and pinned up drawings. I know that it should be at least some of both, but it is unclear, for instance, how much writing should be present in the powerpoint.

Dan Bucsescu said...

The book is important but not due
on Tuesday. I am happy that you have a lot of writing for the book, but it does not belong in the verbal+PP presentation
on Tuesday. Of course you should summarize your thoughts and deliver them in your oral presentation.
Being brief and delivering the main points of your research and future project should be the goal.

Noorah Al-Sabah said...

Just to be sure, when are the books due exactly (is it Thursday?) and are we to have four copies submitted like last time?